"The following main characteristics distinguish the weight man from the non-weight man. The former has significantly greater feelings of masculine inadequacy. He appears decidedly more concerned with establishing his maleness, is more narcissistic than the non-weight man. He has fewer heterosexual impulses and shows more homosexual tendencies. Significantly, more hostility feelings are directed toward the mother and toward the environment at large, and, at the same time, the weight man shows evidence of inability to cope successfully with his environment. Feelings of rejection are prominent. He seems to be characterized by strong feelings of dependency and shows stronger compensatory needs than does the nonlifter. . . . In short, weight training seems to be an attempted solution for feelings of masculine inadequacy and inferiority."
"The following main characteristics distinguish the weight man from the non-weight man. The former has significantly greater feelings of masculine inadequacy. He appears decidedly more concerned with establishing his maleness, is more narcissistic than the non-weight man. He has fewer heterosexual impulses and shows more homosexual tendencies. Significantly, more hostility feelings are directed toward the mother and toward the environment at large, and, at the same time, the weight man shows evidence of inability to cope successfully with his environment. Feelings of rejection are prominent. He seems to be characterized by strong feelings of dependency and shows stronger compensatory needs than does the nonlifter. . . . In short, weight training seems to be an attempted solution for feelings of masculine inadequacy and inferiority."